On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 09:46:43AM +0000, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 12:01:15PM +0100, Stefano Garzarella wrote: > > This series introduces a new transport (vsock_loopback) to handle > > local communication. > > This could be useful to test vsock core itself and to allow developers > > to test their applications without launching a VM. > > > > Before this series, vmci and virtio transports allowed this behavior, > > but only in the guest. > > We are moving the loopback handling in a new transport, because it > > might be useful to provide this feature also in the host or when > > no H2G/G2H transports (hyperv, virtio, vmci) are loaded. > > > > The user can use the loopback with the new VMADDR_CID_LOCAL (that > > replaces VMADDR_CID_RESERVED) in any condition. > > Otherwise, if the G2H transport is loaded, it can also use the guest > > local CID as previously supported by vmci and virtio transports. > > If G2H transport is not loaded, the user can also use VMADDR_CID_HOST > > for local communication. > > > > Patch 1 is a cleanup to build virtio_transport_common without virtio > > Patch 2 adds the new VMADDR_CID_LOCAL, replacing VMADDR_CID_RESERVED > > Patch 3 adds a new feature flag to register a loopback transport > > Patch 4 adds the new vsock_loopback transport based on the loopback > > implementation of virtio_transport > > Patch 5 implements the logic to use the local transport for loopback > > communication > > Patch 6 removes the loopback from virtio_transport > > > > @Jorgen: Do you think it might be a problem to replace > > VMADDR_CID_RESERVED with VMADDR_CID_LOCAL? > > > > Thanks, > > Stefano > > > > Stefano Garzarella (6): > > vsock/virtio_transport_common: remove unused virtio header includes > > vsock: add VMADDR_CID_LOCAL definition > > vsock: add local transport support in the vsock core > > vsock: add vsock_loopback transport > > vsock: use local transport when it is loaded > > vsock/virtio: remove loopback handling > > > > MAINTAINERS | 1 + > > include/net/af_vsock.h | 2 + > > include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h | 8 +- > > net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig | 12 ++ > > net/vmw_vsock/Makefile | 1 + > > net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c | 49 +++++- > > net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c | 61 +------ > > net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 3 - > > net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c | 2 +- > > net/vmw_vsock/vsock_loopback.c | 217 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 10 files changed, 283 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-) > > create mode 100644 net/vmw_vsock/vsock_loopback.c > > Please see my comments. Otherwise: > > Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@xxxxxxxxxx> Thanks! I'll send a v2 following your comments. Stefano
